President Donald Trump doesn't plan to raid Louisiana's $1.4 billion in disaster flood funding to build a border wall under his national emergency declaration, easing concerns of GOP Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy.

President Trump made the declaration Friday, bypassing Congress to secure almost $7 billion to build the wall on the U.S. southern border through executive action.

When asked Friday whether Corps of Engineers' funding for flood prevention projects like the Comite River Diversion Canal in Louisiana would be "up for grabs" a senior administration official said, "It's not on the table currently."

Kennedy and Cassidy, as well as Congressman Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, had each expressed concern about the possibility of diverting money from projects back home to fund the border wall.

A Customs and Border Patrol vehicle passes along a section of border levee wall in Hidalgo, Texas.(Photo: Eric Gay/AP)

Instead, Trump will find other sources, among them a U.S. Treasury forfeiture fund Cassidy had suggested to the president by phone and through a letter last month.

Cassidy billed that financing as a way to make drug cartels pay for a portion of the wall through seized drug money.

The White House said Trump will sweep about $600 million from the U.S. Treasury forfeiture fund.

“When I spoke to President Trump on the phone a month ago, I urged him to consider using money seized from drug traffickers to secure the border and build the wall,” Cassidy said Friday in a statement. “He said he’d take a look at it, and I applaud him for doing so. As my letter to the president pointed out, these funds are replenished every year as our law enforcement agents do their jobs, and as stronger border security improves of effectiveness of our seizures, the funds generated from those seizures will increase.

"“My letter also made it clear that critical Louisiana flood mitigation projects like Comite and West Shore should not be collateral damage in Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer’s war against border security, and I’m glad President Trump agreed. He understands how important disaster relief and flood mitigation projects are to the security of Louisianans.”

But Cassidy and Kennedy also predicted Trump's emergency declaration will be tied up in court immediately.

"(Opponents) are going to find some judge out in Hawaii that’s going ... to agree to it," Cassidy said.

On Wednesday, Kennedy expressed similar sentiments as Cassidy in an interview with USA Today Network and other reporters.

Kennedy said then he preferred Trump not declare a national emergency for fear it would take money from Louisiana flood mitigation projects, but he would ultimately support the president's decision.

"Everybody recognizes that to reach an agreement we have to make peace with an imperfect outcome," Kennedy said.

On Thursday, Kennedy reiterated his position.

“The president’s not exercising any power that Congress didn’t give him,’’ he said. “Had Congress done its job instead of playing politics he wouldn’t have to do it.”

Both senators voted Thursday night in favor of a compromise budget bill that provides about $1.4 billion for border wall funding. Though that was far short of what Trump wanted, it will avert another federal government shutdown. It cleared the Senate on an 83-16 vote.

The $1.4 bill combined with the money Trump plans to secure through executive action will provide the president with about $8 billion for wall building.

Through his emergency declaration, Trump is expected to secure $3.5 billion from a military construction budget, $2.5 billion from a drug interdiction funds and $600 million from the forfeiture fund.

Abraham and Higgins voiced their full support of Trump's emergency declaration.

"If President Trump needs to declare a national emergency to keep out the drugs and gangs, so be it because it's pretty clear that Democrats' only goal is to score political points with their radical open-borders base, even if it means sacrificing national security," Abraham said.

“President Trump is well within his legal rights as commander-in-chief," Higgins said. "He has an obligation to secure our homeland and prioritize the safety of American citizens. The president is doing what is necessary to secure our border, and I support his decision.”

Greg Hilburn covers state politics for the USA TODAY Network of Louisiana. Follow him on Twitter @GregHilburn1